KASPER C. VOLK
EDUCATION
2010-Present Boston College, Boston, Massachusetts
Ph.D. Candidate in History
2008-2010
Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan
B.A. with high honor in History, May 2010
Thesis: “Rupture and Resolution: Max Horkheimer’s Transition from Marxist
Optimism to Theological Pessimism”
Honors College
1998-2003
Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan
B.A. with high honor in Supply Chain Management (Business), May 2003
Additional concentrations in Materials Science and Russian studies
Honors College
ACADEMIC AWARDS
1998
National Merit Finalist
1998
Michigan State University Alumni Distinguished Scholarship
Awarded annually to the top 10 candidates based on intellectual performance and
participation in the MSU Alumni Distinguished Scholarship competition. The
Alumni Distinguished Scholarship is the most prestigious academic scholarship
offered by the university.
2009
American Catholic Thought and Culture Scholarship
A $1000 undergraduate scholarship awarded annually through MSU’s College of
Arts and Letters and St. John’s Student Parish for a research paper analyzing
some significant aspect of American Catholic Thought and Culture from a
disciplinary or interdisciplinary perspective.
PUBLICATIONS
"Rival Conceptions of Just War Theory in the Debate Preceding the Iraq War," The MSU
Undergraduate Historian, 5 (2010): 25-55.
LANGUAGES
German
Working knowledge
Russian
Familiar
MILITARY SERVICE
2008-2010
Captain, Illinois Army National Guard
Chicago, IL
Honorable Discharge
2004-2008
1st Lieutenant, Infantry, United States Army (Active Duty)
Fort Drum, NY
Honorable Discharge
January 2006-May 2007
Operation Enduring Freedom, Afghanistan